Preparing for an interview with AI

What it is good at

• Can role-play a specific interviewer persona based on the company and role.
• Asks realistic follow-up questions rather than a static list.
• Gives blunt feedback on rambling or vague answers when you ask it to.
• Available at any hour, so you can rehearse the night before.

Where it falls short

• It doesn't know the interviewer's actual style or priorities, only what you tell it.
• Text-based rehearsal misses tone of voice and body language.
• It will be too polite unless you explicitly ask for harsh feedback.

How to use it for creative work

1. 01

   Give it the role and your background

   Paste the job advert and a short summary of your relevant experience. Ask the model to act as the interviewer for this exact role and to ask one question at a time.

2. 02

   Answer out loud, then paste a summary

   Speak your answer as you would in the room, then type a short summary of what you said. This keeps the rehearsal closer to the real format than typing a full essay answer.

3. 03

   Ask for a harsh score after each answer

   Request a score out of 10 for clarity, specificity and confidence, plus the single biggest weakness in the answer. Politeness hides the useful feedback, so ask it to skip praise.

4. 04

   Drill the two hardest question types

   Ask it to generate five variations of the question you found hardest, usually 'tell me about a time you failed' or a technical scenario, so you build a flexible answer, not a memorised script.

5. 05

   Finish with questions to ask them

   Ask the model to draft three questions for the interviewer based on the job advert and the company's recent public work, so you're not asking something generic at the end.

Ready-to-use prompts

Act as the interviewer for this job advert: [paste]. My background: [paste short summary]. Ask me one interview question at a time, wait for my answer, then ask a natural follow-up before moving to the next question.

Score my last answer out of 10 for clarity, specificity and confidence. No praise. State the single biggest weakness and rewrite my answer's structure in three bullet points I could follow next time.

Generate five variations of this question: [question]. For each, give me a one-line prompt for what a strong answer should include, specific to my background: [paste].

Here is my answer to a behavioural question: [paste]. Does it follow Situation, Task, Action, Result clearly? Rewrite it if any part is missing or vague, keeping my actual facts.

Based on this job advert and this recent news about the company: [paste both], write three specific questions I could ask at the end of the interview that show I've done real research.

Questions people ask

Should I memorise the AI's suggested answers?

No, use them as structure practice, not a script. Interviewers notice memorised answers when a follow-up question breaks the pattern.

Can it help with technical or portfolio interviews?

For technical questions yes, if you give it the actual topic area. For portfolio walkthroughs, rehearse your talking points with it but keep the visual review separate.

How many mock rounds are worth doing?

Two to three focused rounds the night before beats one long session; short repeated practice builds fluency faster than a single marathon run.